Hunter's Blood Special Edition (Cursed by Blood Saga) by marianne morea Page A

your words
did help, and for that, I’m grateful. Hopefully, Stephanie will understand more
as she gets older.”
    Dr. Volkmann walked into the waiting
room like a hurricane, oblivious to the tension already swirling around the
room.
    “Good, good, you’re all here. The lab
results are in. Let’s talk in the examination room as there’s too many of us to
squeeze into my office.”
    Sean helped Lily to her feet. Winking
at Rissa, he helped hand off Stephanie to one of the nurses before heading
toward the examination room. “Doc, this is Lily Saburi, the girl whose blood
you’ve been testing,” Sean introduced them, trying to be delicate.
    “Oh. I wasn’t expecting to see you, my
dear. Why don’t you stay in the waiting room while I talk to Sean? I think
you’ll be more comfortable out here.”
    Sean felt Lily stiffen. “Doc, she
already knows, so we might as well include her in the conversation, especially
since it directly affects her.”
    Volkmann took a deep breath, looking
back and forth between the two. “All right, this way then,” he motioned,
opening the door.
    The room was a large examination
suite. They filed in one after the other, pairing off on either side of the
tiled floor. Volkmann stood by the exam table against the wall, rifling through
his files, his wire rim glasses perched on the edge of his nose.
    “Jesus, Doc, enough with the
paperwork. What did the lab find?” Mitch asked impatiently.
    “Yes, of course, I’m sorry,” the
doctor said clearing his voice. “There’s just no easy way for me to say this,
so I’m just going to say it. The results from the last round of tests were all
positive.”
    Rissa buried her face in Mitch’s
chest, his jaw tightening as his arms went around her shoulders.
    Stunned, Lily’s breath froze in her
throat. The little man in the white coat had just handed her a death sentence.
One way or the other she was going to die, either by Sean’s hand or by her own.
There was no way she was going to allow herself to become some mindless, beast.
    Sean’s face was grim. There was no way
out, now. In one day, Lily wouldn’t be Lily anymore. He felt his anger rise,
and clenching his fists he turned and punched the opaque glass separating the
two rooms causing it to shatter. The people in the waiting room screamed as
Sean growled for them to get out!”
    Stephanie cried for her mother, her
arms flailing as a nurse scooped her up and took her out of the room, mumbling
something about ice cream while the rest of the patients fled.
    “Leighton, please! I haven’t finished.
Rissa’s prognosis isn’t as bad as it seems, at least not yet. Her being
pregnant is actually a Godsend in more ways than one. It actually buys us time.
Not only for her, but for the baby as well.”
    “What exactly are you talking about,
Doc.? Are you trying to tell us you’ve found a cure?” Mitch demanded as Rissa
looked up, sniffling. “Could you just spit it out? We’re upset enough. If you
can offer us some hope then get to it and stop beating around the bush.”
    Volkmann nodded. “Of, course, of course.”
With a grim look, he peered over the edge of his wire rim glasses at Lily.
“Rissa’s hope is standing right over there.”
    Sean looked at the doctor in
disbelief. “What are you talking about? You just said Lily was infected. How
does that make her a hope for Rissa and the baby?”
    “Her blood. The type of antibody it’s
begun to produce is highly effective and can be distilled into a vaccine. It
won’t cure her , but we can harvest her blood to provide a cure for us.”
    Incredulous Lily started to back away.
“No! No way… you’re all crazy! ” There was no way in hell she was going to
let them keep her as some kind of lab animal. Harvest her blood…no fucking way!
    “Where are you going? I haven’t
finished yet,” Volkmann barked after her.
    “Oh, yes you have! Keep away from me!
I’d rather die than let you use me like that.” Panicking she ran for the